The Harding Art Show

The Harding Art Show The Harding Art Show will celebrate our 50th Anniversary May 1-3 2025! Mark your calendars now and join us for this long-standing tradition.

For over 4 decades, The Harding Art Show has been one of the principal fundraising activities of the Harding Parents Association, an independent coeducational school serving kindergarten through eighth grade. The school is very proud of The Harding Art Show and its tradition in the Nashville community. The show began in 1975 and has grown from a modest gathering of artists in the early years to on

e of the largest exhibitions of fine art in the Southeastern United States. The Harding Art Show is an important venue for participants and has launched the careers of significant Southern artists. Participation in the show is by invitation only and is limited in the total number of artists participating. Typically between 65-75 artists are invited to participate after an extensive selection process. All events associated with The Harding Art Show will be held at the Harding Academy campus located at 170 Windsor Drive in West Nashville, just off Harding Place, near the intersection of Harding Road and Harding Place.

✨Meet the Artists - Britt McGraw Britt McGraw is a self-taught, abstract artist. She has always had an infinity for the ...
05/01/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Britt McGraw

Britt McGraw is a self-taught, abstract artist. She has always had an infinity for the creative world and aesthetics: art, design, interiors, and fashion. After spending 10 years in New York City, working in designer fashion, she decided it was time to focus solely on her painting career.

Britt works out of her home studio in Atlanta, where she explores color and technique through the juxtaposition of fluidity and form. Through this exploration, she aspires to create one-of-a-kind pieces that speak to the soul, awakening one's emotions through color and stroke.

✨Meet the Artists - Sally ThrelkeldAfter a 30 year career in nursing, I started a design business which organically led ...
05/01/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Sally Threlkeld

After a 30 year career in nursing, I started a design business which organically led me to painting. I am now proud to call myself “artist”.

✨Meet the Artists - Melina ThompsonMy art explores abstract florals, blending nature’s beauty with expressive abstractio...
05/01/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Melina Thompson

My art explores abstract florals, blending nature’s beauty with expressive abstraction. I work on papers and canvases of all sizes, using acrylics, ink, and watercolor. Acrylic paint provides a vibrant, rich texture, while ink offers bold lines and a sense of fluidity. Watercolor brings a delicate transparency, creating soft layers of depth. My paintings focus on texture and color rather than literal representation.

✨Meet the Artists - Kelly SullivanKelly Sullivan is a Tuscaloosa-based artist and retired registered nurse, whose creati...
05/01/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Kelly Sullivan

Kelly Sullivan is a Tuscaloosa-based artist and retired registered nurse, whose creative journey has merged her passion for art with her love of nature. After years of working as a floral designer specializing in weddings and events, Kelly's artistic focus has evolved into large-scale plaster and fabric sculptures, which are inspired by the intricate beauty of flowers. As a self-taught artist, Kelly's work is not bound by traditional approaches but instead explores the fluidity and freedom of three-dimensional design.

Her current collection features dynamic sculptures that fuse elements from various floral forms, capturing the essence of nature rather than depicting a single bloom. These pieces are uniquely lightweight and can be easily displayed in a range of spaces. Offering an unexpected and striking visual impact. Kelly’s sculptures are inspired by the delicate structures of flowers. Her designs will add dimension to your space with depth and texture.

Kelly is a proud wife and mother of three boys. Her life in Tuscaloosa continues to inspire her art through her passion for the beauty found in nature's design.

✨Meet the Artists - Luke StretarMy paintings are contemporary works inspired by early American, English, and Northern Re...
04/30/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Luke Stretar

My paintings are contemporary works inspired by early American, English, and Northern Renaissance traditions. My main focus is in capturing rural scenes through animal studies along with landscapes and seascapes.

✨Meet the Artists - Lacey SimmonsLacey Simmons is a trained artist based in Birmingham, AL. As a full-time mother of fiv...
04/30/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Lacey Simmons

Lacey Simmons is a trained artist based in Birmingham, AL. As a full-time mother of five she works from her home studio exploring various mediums—acrylic, pen and ink, and watercolor—driven by a desire to bring a sense of calm and beauty into the world. Her feathers are featured in designer homes across the country and have been highlighted in numerous national design publications. Lacey is also well-known for her subtle landscapes that typically depict Alabama scenery or her travels. She believes that a home should be a personal refuge, reflecting the unique spirit of those who live there. Through her art, Lacey hopes to offer pieces that bring rest, peace, and beauty into every space.

✨Meet the Artists - Anee ShahAnee Shah is a scientist turned artist based in Boston, MA, She left her decade long corpor...
04/30/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Anee Shah

Anee Shah is a scientist turned artist based in Boston, MA, She left her decade long corporate stint to stay at home with her kids and pursue her creative passion.
Anee creates ethereal landscapes and soft florals, where muted hues and textured brushstrokes evoke a quiet, wistful atmosphere. Each piece whispers a story of stillness and reflection, capturing nature’s subtle beauty with a poetic, almost melancholic grace.

✨Meet the Artists - Vicky ReddishVicky Reddish is a Nashville-based abstract artist with a mission to share happiness, l...
04/30/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Vicky Reddish

Vicky Reddish is a Nashville-based abstract artist with a mission to share happiness, love, and joy through her vibrant creations. Her artistic philosophy is simple yet powerful: make art that makes you happy, and it will bring joy to others as well. Vicky’s deep love for color and texture shines through in every piece, as she strives to evoke warmth, personality, and a sense of fun that uplifts and inspires viewers.

Working primarily with acrylic paints and oil pastels, Vicky’s expressive art celebrates the complexity of emotions and memories. Her work is a visual dance of color and texture, designed to connect with viewers on a personal level, evoking moments of joy, nostalgia, and lightness.

✨Meet the Artists - Jessica RamseyVibrant in palette and bold in scale and subject, her artwork adds a sense of joy and ...
04/30/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Jessica Ramsey

Vibrant in palette and bold in scale and subject, her artwork adds a sense of joy and texture to your space. Her work ranges from expressionist brushwork, compelling color combinations to pure abstraction and playful portraits.

Everything she makes is a diary entry and her experience of her life. Serious play brings out serious artwork. Jess believes great art tells a great story. She moves past perfection and is all about process. The beauty of this is a personal reflection of who she is at this time. Obsessed with uplifting guidance, feminine beauty, synchronicity and fun. Jess is inspired by what she sees, her three daughters, travel, music, interior design, color theory, found objects, dreams, color blocking, Dolly, and Picasso. She’s studied with Andrew Saftel. You can see her work throughout commercial properties and homes all over the south, Blackberry Mountain and soon Flatrock Motorclub.

She is also inspired by positivity and names most paintings after the Daily Word which are inspirational messages. Her work radiates that energy for your space.

Being a creative all her life, she graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor in Fine Art, concentrating in Drawing in 2008. After college she lived in Nashville for over two years working as a faux finisher, painting in Tanya Tuckers home and Rascal Flats managers home with Diva Duds.
In 2011 she moved back home to Knoxville, Tennessee and married her high school sweetheart who supports her dream of being an artist. He builds her wood panel canvases. After focusing on creating her family Jess continued to paint these 20 years and she’s back to share what she’s been working on. In this show Jess is sharing colorful abstracts with a focus on lyrics and neon messages to inspire you.

She loves to embrace collaborative clients to bring their vision to life in custom works of art and murals.

✨Meet the Artists - Lisa ParisLisa Redditt Paris was born in Nancy, France to Mississippi parents. Her family returned t...
04/30/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Lisa Paris

Lisa Redditt Paris was born in Nancy, France to Mississippi parents. Her family returned to Mississippi where she began her study of art at the age of 5 under the tutelage of her French-German instructor. After 13 years of art study in Greenwood, Mississippi, Lisa accepted an art scholarship from Mississippi University for Women. She continued her studies at the University of Mississippi where she received a B.S. degree with an emphasis on art and interior design. Lisa is married to Lee Paris, has 3 children, three granddaughters, and two grandsons. Her daughters, Rachel Paris Pritchett and Vivian Bardin Paris, both are artist and have participated together in several mother-daughter shows.

Lisa has had the opportunity to build upon her training and passion for art. Her paintings include her love of flowers, landscapes, objects d’art, impressionist and abstract design. They are a knowing reflection of the Creator of all beautiful things. Most recently she has been enjoying painting landscapes and still life’s.
Currently, Lisa has a private studio at home in Oxford, Mississippi. She has been a member of Oil Painters of America, the Mississippi State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and a founding member of the Mississippi Oil Painter’s Association. Lisa has successfully enjoyed several one-woman shows.

✨Meet the Artists - Kim KnollKim Knoll is a contemporary artist with a BFA in Visual Communications based in Chicago. Sh...
04/29/2025

✨Meet the Artists - Kim Knoll

Kim Knoll is a contemporary artist with a BFA in Visual Communications based in Chicago. She produces original paintings and prints for luxury homes and hospitality projects worldwide. Kim's abstract works on paper are made using a combination of watercolor, acrylic, ink, spray paint, graphite or charcoal. Inspired by nature and influenced by minimalism, her paintings celebrate the outdoors in a unique, modern way. She hopes her art brings a feeling of joy, peace or wonder to others and offers a momentary escape from the everyday.

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